On the dock and hard at work...

Out of my giant hotdog suit and about to toast my hotdog buns on the BBQ up here at the cottage. After the longest couple of days I have ever spent on location making a short film for my series, I made a good call and drove straight up north here to the cottage to kick back a little bit. In the past I have always had to keep grinding it out, keep getting shows put together and in the process, keep myself from finally losing my friggin mind or becoming absolutely run down. Not the best formula for having fun and making amusing television.

I should be enjoying myself! I'm doing exactly what I have always wanted to do, I'm experimenting with new ideas for television series and this fall I'll be back to making my latenight talkshow on the E Network with my new pal Ryan Seacrest! We aren't really pals but it's funny to pretend we are.

Anyways, I'm up north here right now, it's beutiful outside and being up here doesn't even mean I have to stop working. After shooting each of these short films every weekend, I end up then having to sift through the eight or nine hours of footage I shot of the film makers in action making the movie.

It's way too much footage to have to look at for what ends up being about 15 minutes of content in the episode but I hate not shooting lots of footage for fear that we might miss something interesting that happens. Thats exactly why I feel like I have to then look at all the footage as well. I figure that if I don't, I might miss something funny or interesting that might make the episode better.

So I bought a laptop the other day which now allows me to be anywhere as I spend 12 hours looking and cutting footage shot over the weekend. Anywhere as in on the dock at the cottage. It's awesome, I just might figure out how to actually have a life outside of making my show after all. It's a good feeling!!!

Time to go eat those BBQ'd hotdogs for lunch.